Movie kerchief



Dec. 18 1923.

T. B. LAMB MOVIE KERGHIEF 1922 2 Sheets-Shea?. 2

Filed Sent. 23

INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

'earner THOMAS B. LAMB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOVIE KERCHIEF.

Application led September 23, 1922.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Movie Kerchief, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exa-ct description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices constructed and arranged to tell a story by means of pictures, and in the preferred form of the same it comprises a kerchief or handkerchief displaying a continuous series of illustrations of approved character and a closure therefor having a cover to entirely conceal the same, which latter, upon being cut out to proper size and applied to the handkerchief and then suitably manipulated, will serve to show the picturesseriatim, thus constituting a sort of panorama.

It is well known that children like to have ornamented handkerchiefs, particularly those displaying pictures-especially of fairy story or nursery rime charactersand it is therefore manifest that handkerchiefs embodying my invention will not only serve to perform their original useful function but will also afford a means of amusement and entertainment and will consequently be at all times carefully preserved.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind described which shall be of pleasing appearance and simple in construction and of low cost and which shall also be eiiicient in practical use.l

In the drawings, illustrative of one ein bodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification,

Figure l is a perspective view of a box in which a handkerchief is enclosed;

Figure 2 isa transverse section of the same;A

Figure 3 is a plan view of the handkerf chief;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the cut out cover applied to the handkerchief; and

Figure 5 is a transverse section of the handkerchief and cut out cover.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the body of a box or container for handkerchiefs and 2 the cover therefor. The said cover bears an aper- Serial No. 590,108.

tured circular portion depicted thereon indicated by a dotted line along which the central disk part 22 of which may be cut out providing a slit or peripheral opening 21 which is shaped in the arc of a circle described around an orifice having thc centre point 23.

Vithin the box may be located one or more fabrics as handkerchiefs 3 constructed and arranged to display a circular band comprising a series of pictures or illustrations of characters, figures, etc., of various kinds, the said pictures or designs 31 corresponding to the apertured circular portion of the cover, being atixed to the handkerchief by any suitable or desired means as by printing, painting, embroidering, sewing, etc. The said pictures are arranged in circular form around the-centre point 23, and adapted to register, with the arc shaped slit or peripheral opening 2l of the cover disk, and the centre point of the circle is denoted at 32, the diameter of this circle being the saine as that of the concentric or coaxial circle described around the point 23.

In use, the part 22 is cut out of the cover and the disk which is large enough to cover the design band 3* is llaid on the handkerchief so as to be coaxial therewith and held in position by a pin 5 which is passed through the points 23 and 32. By this means the slit or opening 21 will afford only a narrow or limited view of the illuminated or illustrated story carried by the handkerchief, as the remaining portions of the same will be concealed. Upon turning the spin dial or rotary disk relatively to the handkerchief, however, the said remaining parts of the illustrated story will be consecutively exposed and displayed through the aperture in the disk.

The handkerchief may have at the corners thereof familiar rimes 6 if desired which may be illustrated by the adjacent figures. The diameter of the picture band 3l and that of the disk 22 are preferably equal and smaller than the diameter of the handkerchief or of the enclosing box. The handkerchief' which was originally enclosed in and carried about by the box, may, after the disk is applied thereto by the pin 5, entered through the central orifices 23 and 32 thereof, be carried around solely by the said disk.

I wish it to be understood that do not desire to be limited to the particular use or the exact details of construction shown and described, lor obvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in the art. What I claiin as iny invention is 1. A container' for handkerchiefs having a circular design composed of a series of pictures thereon, thel cover portion loi' said container having an apertured circular portion depicted thereon, said depicted apertu'red circular' portion corresponding to the circular design on trie handkerchiefs in such a manner that when the said aperture is inade and a handkerchief is arranged coaxial with the disk and rotated relatively thereto, successive pictures of the series on the handkerchief Will he exposed through the aperture in the disk.

2. A container for handkerchiefs having a circular design composed of a series of pictures thereon, the cover porti'onlot1 said container having an apertured circular portion depicted thereon, said Vdepicted aperturedcircular portion corresponding to the circular design on the handkerchiei's in such a inanner that when the said aperture is nrade and a handkerchief is arranged coaxial with the disk and rotated relatively thereto, successive pictures of the series on the handkei-chiel: will heV exposed through the aperture in the disk, the handkerchief also having `exterior of the circular design rimes descriptive oi' the figures of the illustrated design adjacent thereto.

Signed at New York, in the county of' New York and State o'NeW York, this 25th day of July A. D. 1922.

THGMAS B. LAMB. 

